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Kenya: Engineering Students Raise Alarm After Fatal Karen Building Collapse
Repeated collapses in Nairobi show deliberate safety shortcuts and weak enforcement by authorities, causing deaths and injuries in both low- and high-income neighborhoods, experts say.
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Kenya: South C, Karen and Kenya's Recurring Building Collapse Crisis - - What Must Change
Editorial - The recent building collapses in South C and Karen, Nairobi, have once again exposed Kenya's persistent construction safety failures, turning what should be isolated incidents into a disturbing national pattern.
·South Africa
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Engineering students raise alarm after fatal Karen building collapse
NAIROBI, Kenya Jan 12 – The Association of Engineering, Construction and Architecture Students (AECAS) of the Technical University of Kenya has raised serious safety concerns following a fatal structural failure in the Karen area. In a statement issued after a site visit on Sunday, January 11, 2026, the student body said its preliminary assessment identified column instability and a lack of quality control as key factors that may have contribute…
·Nairobi, Kenya
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